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Interpretation of terms
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79. In the construction of this Act, unless there be something in the context repugnant thereto, the expression “police district” shall be understood to signify the police district of Dublin metropolis; and the expression “commissioners of police” shall be understood to signify the justices of the peace for the police district of Dublin metropolis appointed under the authority of the herein-before recited Act passed in the session of Parliament holden in the sixth and seventh years of the reign of his late Majesty, and the Acts amending the same; and the expressions “divisional justice” or “divisional justices” shall be understood to signify a divisional justice or divisional justices of the police district of Dublin metropolis; and any word denoting the singular number in the male sex shall be taken to extend to any number of persons or things and to both sexes.
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